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The droll comedy-drama that is George Frideric Händel’s ‘Serse’ (1738) unfurls a tangled romantic daisy chain involving the rival loves of King Serse and his brother, Arsamene, for the beautiful... more

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    Level 5 zerbine28

    Member since 15/03/2003

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    5 Stars Serse I (Xerxes I), Love & the Plane Tree 30/06/2007
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    Advantages Advantages Händel's music; Rasmussen, Hallenberg, Piau, Bayrakdarian; Rousset and Les Talens Lyrique.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Cold production design; occasionally slow staging.

    The droll comedy-drama that is George Frideric Händel’s ‘Serse’ (1738) unfurls a tangled romantic daisy chain involving the rival loves of King Serse and his brother, Arsamene, for the beautiful Romilda. On the distaff side, there’s the competing love of Romilda and her sister, Atalanta, for Serse’s brother, Arsamene. Of this confused quartet, only Romilda and Arsamene actually love one another. The titular Serse refers to the real-life Persian ruler, Xerxes I (Serse I), described by the Greek historian Herodotus in his Histories, Book VII. The libretto to ‘Serse’ (likely written probably by ... more

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Genre Musicals & Music Films - Opera & Operetta
Classification Exempt
Production Year 2000
Colour Colour
Running Time 2 hours 40 minutes

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